Hunt for the Oldest DNA

This NOVA documentary follows the scientific quest to recover DNA millions of years old, pushing the study of ancient genetics to its limits. Because life's genetic blueprint is so fragile, researchers have struggled for decades to read the oldest samples, and this film tracks the breakthroughs that finally reached deeper into the past. It explains the painstaking lab work and what these ancient molecules reveal about vanished worlds. Rigorous and exciting, it is science storytelling at its best. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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